The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-06-08
ON THE WAY HOME.
"A Solilouuy by Farmer StackpoIo.

that paper as l used to. 1t don't seem
to tell the whole truth an nothin' but
tho truth, as ! used to suppose it did /
was III at ncighbor Straight's an picked
up paper called tho Voice that had II
heap Of news in it that / never found in
my Republican papers. L intond to hear
both sides of these things after this.
Well, | voted for Blaine, after all my
Icanins to s. John. Fact, they sort Of
bull-doHcd me wucn got to the polls.
There was Elder Grand met mo on the
street 81 do hope" says he, "that you
won cast half voto for such moral
lepcr as Cleveland. The great issue III
this campaign is moral purity, and every
Christian man should vote for Blaine"
An then come the Squire. 81 tell you,"
said he, "Clcvcland is man of no
capacity whatever, no experience in pub
lie affairs. Hcll rust be the tool of tho
worst elements of his party. Have you
seen what the ministers of Chicago say
about?" An then he took the tobacco
out OF his mouth an read somcthin' like
this: "Rcsolvcd, That for the sake of
the South, for tho sake of this country,
for the sake Of temperance and Prohibi-
ton, for the sake Of the family and the
reform against lolygamy, the election of
Jas. q. Blaine is tho necessity Of tho
hour" "EXCusc me q mint" says he,
and hc started of to catch Il saloon
Keeper who was coming along. lie
talked with him for about five minits an
then handed him something i'll the Tri-
bunc to read, and then como back to me.
"llcrc's another" says he, "of these
opinions of the clergy that every Chris
tian man ought to read before votin' for
such d d fraud as ST. Johr. Tx
cusc me, deacon, | don't oft"r swear,
but the hypocracy Of these fcilcrs what
is diSgracin' the cause of temperance
makes me mad" SO he pulled out a
paper an read string Of resolutions by
the clCrgy Of New York. One OF 'rm
was, 'uot to cast a half-votO for the
Democratic party with the scmi-sanctiOn
of impunty and dissipation, nor whole
vote for man whose name Is now the
conspicuous synonym OF incapacity and
incontncncy. Then he began rcadin'
Burchard's speech, but just rs he got to
the last end OF it the saloOn-kecpcr come
over where we was standin and S.ys,
THAT is very satisfactory, and he took II
Republican ticket an went on to the
polls. AS soon as he was ont of hearing
the Squire went on with Burchards
speech, an he put good emphasis on
IllC NUN, llOLlulllSlll tuIl lc')CIlOu.
These things had sort Of staggered Inc
Wien good old General Easy come along.
Bless his gray beard, We all know he
was true man in Congress, ant hc
seems like every mans friend. "Dca-
con-" says he, 'I'm very anxious about
this election. There's the brass factory
over ut the river shut down, not to re-
sumo unless Blaine is elected. And here
is the bunker Democracy ust rCachin
after the spoils. ii they get in where
will We be? What will become of Civil
Service Reform? And tell you ii the
Democrats get in | should not be sur
priscd ii they repealed all the laws
against poly8alny, and just let Utah into
the Union, NlOrmons and all" There
was no doubt the good old man beloved
what he was sayin "AMd as for tenn
porancc, he went on, ''yOu know | am
IL true temperance man. ST. John
couldn't help the cause if he was elected,
and he can't possibly be elected, for the
majority Of true temperance men arc
against him. Aftcr election | will go
over this county myself an speak on
temperance, and We will put up n first
rate candidate for the State Legislature. :"
Steady, old mare, over this new road.
Well, sir, my resolution just oozed out
with all tins talk. | forgot everything
but the incapacity and wickcdncss Of
Cleveland and the Democrats, ard the
anxiety of good men for Blaincs clcc-
ton, and brushed past young Straight
who had the Prohibition tickets, though
| couldn't help admiring his grit, and
grace, too, for | knew he was doing his
Christian duty 1 brushed past him and
put in my ballot for Blaine
I'm afraid that ballot was throwcd
away. Clcycland's incapacity amt as
conspicuous as | expected it would be.
The brass works assumed about n week
after election there's the smoke of en-
now. And as for the Mormons and tho
fcllcrS what was Crowdin' out the In
dians, they seem to be skipping and
clearing out moro than ever before. I'm
afraid those good men what | followed
was party-blind themselves. Not that
believe IN the Democrats as party
Why, NoiGhbor Crook, who's been a
Democrat always, has como out since
election, and says he can't stand his
party any longer, now he sees a better
place to 80 to, and jincd the Prohibit
| tionists. The Democrats is bad, but not
80 bad as whiskcy- The Republicans
may bcttor, but they arc not good
enough to suit me. III they had done
'hcir duty this temperance question
would not be so big as it is to-day
Well, when L got home wife says,
'Iiurrah for ST. John, an | was kinder
shamcd to tell her who j voted for, SO |
edged around and told her what the men
on the street told me. My stars! didn't
her eyes begin to snap Sho just fired
up and swept away their arguments like
SO many cobwobs. "Who are the hopo-
critics, says she, "the honest men who
vote for what they believe to be right,
or politicians, like the Squire, who say
one filing to the saloonists, and another
to the temperance men, and get en- both
to vote the same tickct?"
| Whoa! | say. Jiml Jim Come and
| put cut the mare. The Voice.
| RTilroading In Mexico.
"1}ut the railroads in Mexico arc re
mnrkublo | like thp Uov Mnyicone to L b,